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I may come back to covering the U.S. Senate at some point but am now working on a book that focuses on the human aspect of  post-war Ameri...

Being a political blogger would be an amazing way to make a living -- if only one could make a living doing it. Hell, I would probably sett...

I will be taking some time off over the holidays to spend time with family, relax, reflect on our tremendous victories in 2008 and look forw...

The U.S. Senate is in recess and will be back in session on January 6, 2009, when the 111th Congress will convene.

* * * * * Here's Mark Fiore with a timely version of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas -- "Corruption Christmas." Click on ...

I stopped publicly answering reader mail quite some time ago -- I generally only did it years ago to make fun of right-wingers sending me ha...

Even through my utter euphoria at Barack Obama being elected president, I knew there would be times in the coming years when I would disagre...

The folks at BuzzFlash check in today with their Media Putz of the week , "for reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of...

Unless you've been ignoring the news entirely, you know that there's significant buzz in New York and nationally over Caroline Kenne...

Now that Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be the new Secretary of the Interior -- and will c...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) yesterday announced his recommendations to the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee r...

On April 22, 1971, young Lieutenant Junior Grade John F. Kerry appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations committee to give testimony in ...

In the January 2009 issue of Esquire magazine, New Mexico Governor and Commerce Secretary nominee Bill Richardson gives us another clue as t...

In case you missed it, here is President-elect Barack Obama with his weekend radio/web address in which he discussed a major part of the cou...

The U.S. Senate is in recess and will be back in session on January 6, 2009, when the 111th Congress will convene.

Before we get to the 'toons, I'm pleased to share the news that our friend Jeff Danziger of the New York Times and the Rutland Heral...

Hey, it's Friday, which means it's time to check out BuzzFlash's "GOP Hypocrite Of The Week." As always, it's a gr...

Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), as a key member of both the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence committees, has been battling the Bush administr...

Senate Democrats were understandably pleased when President-elect Barack Obama announced that former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota wil...

With 31 of them and a small handful of Democrats ready to throw millions of workers under the bus because of the mistakes of the Big Three a...

I'll be the first to admit that out of all Senate Republicans, Arlen Specter (R-PA) was arguably the hardest on then Attorney General Al...

The Senate will convene at 10:30 a.m. and proceed to a period of morning business for up to one hour, with Senators permitted to speak for ...

In a letter signed by Democratic leaders Harry Reid (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA) and co-signed b...